Supreme Court won't take up lawsuits challenging redistricting
OLYMPIA — The state Supreme Court said Thursday it won’t dive back into the fight over redistricting.
In a unanimous vote, justices declined two lawsuits that sought to toss out political maps because state redistricting commissioners negotiated in secret, purportedly in violation of open meeting laws.
The Washington Coalition for Open Government and Arthur West of Olympia, filers of the lawsuits, along with the Redistricting Commission and the state, the defendants, had collectively asked the Supreme Court to step in. They argued the state constitution allows the court to take on such cases.
But Chief Justice Steven Gonzalez, in a pair of one-page orders, said the court “declines to exercise original jurisdiction.” The orders do not provide any reasons.
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